Pearce

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Tech Research for SparkFun. If you’re here because I offended you on the according to Pete contest, I apologize, it’s my job. Just offering constructive criticism.

If you’re here for other reasons, disregard the first bit. I’ve been with SparkFun since 2008 with a mechanical backround. My interest are mostly mechanical, but shifting more and more to electronics, specifically Arduino and single board computers.

Most of my hobbies are more nerdy than I’m willing to admit in a public forum, but of the ones I am willing to talk about, I enjoy hiking, auto racing, and Woodworking.

The Internet of Things is a notion of a new age of internet connected devices. It stands to be a great time in technological advancement. You, as our customer, are in a position to get into it from the beginning.

To clarify a bit on the product. Think of this as an alternative to a standard float switch. There is a price difference there, but in most cases, it provides a more reliable way of sensing when a liquid has reached a certain point or level in the container it is in. Arbiag is correct, this won’t give you a variable reading.

It can be quite the rabbit hole. Due to how google search works, you can get directed to a product page of ours that requires clicking through 3 other product pages to finally get to the current revision.

We do occasionally. Sometimes it’s not always about end price, but other factors could include purchase increments, payment types (some people want really sketchy payment methods), or domestic vs international shipping issues. We try to be flexible and go with the option that will give us the cheapest retail price, which does include checking with multiple sources.

We’re working on the CO2 sensor. It’s been quite the journey so far and continues to be. There’s so many variations that require different levels of work for the user, most notably establishing a baseline reading. But there are also sensors out that measure environmental voltaics which supposedly can get you the information you’re looking for with a CO2 sensor, but at a lower price.

Anyway, hoping to have one locked down in the first half of 2016. We’re hearing a lot from companies about these and we’re hoping we’ll be able to stock one or more.

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